tack hammer

American  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks, often magnetized to hold the tack to the head.

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tack hammer British  

noun

1. a light hammer for driving tacks

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Etymology

Origin of tack hammer

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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tack hammer

Conn. I claim, as a new article of manufacture, a tack hammer, constructed in the manner and With the characteristics herein specified, for the purposes set forth.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

She wore a paper of pins on the breast of her silk dress, she had a tack hammer thrust in her belt.

From Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

So absorbed was she in her hammering that at first she neither heard nor saw Portlaw when he finally ventured to advance; and when she did she dropped the tack hammer in her astonishment.

From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

"Was they suthin' besides a tack hammer you wanted, Mattie."

From Scattergood Baines by Kelland, Clarence Budington

Why, she had a tack hammer in each hand.

From Shorty McCabe by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)